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Fastest lap:
Distance: 6 hours (!)
Average speed:
Weather: Both sunny and rain showers
Ruleset: Sportscars
Car info: 1974 Cars
The Kyalami race was shortened to 6 hours, following the energy crisis of nearly one year ago. It was the last head-to head confrontation between Ford and BMW in 1974 - there would be not many of them in 1975. Loos brought his Carrera’s too, to join the party. Matra and Gulf were in a different league, but the German trio had a fight of their own. The single Capri was to be driven by Mass and Hezemans, the BMW was shared between Peterson and - Jody Scheckter, who replaced Stuck, who had fallen victim of a political flu; he and Neerpasch had a little argument. While the sports cars disappeared into the distance, the German trio had one of the most dramatic races this season. Initially, Mass took the lead followed by Peterson, but the first pit stop had drama - the cars were in at the same time, but Hezemans came back in after just one lap - on three wheels. After another wheel was added, Hezemans stormed away. The lead of BMW was lost when it came in with a defective fuel pump. Then, a shower forced the cars into the pits yet again. Peterson’s forceful drive ended against the back of a Porsche sportscar. But the Ford had new opponents: the Loos Porsches. Fitzpatrick had passed the Capri in the rain, and was nearly two minutes in front. 40 minutes from the end, the track was dry and all cars went back to slicks. But then: an impressive drive by Mass; he went past Fitzpatrick, and won the inter-German event by some 30 seconds! |
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Sportscar Race
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| Pos | Pos in class | # | Team / Entrant Car- Engine |
Drivers, Nationality | Engine vol. (cc) |
Engine Type |
Group | Distance, time |
Qualifying position | Qualifying time | Fastest lap | Reason out, remarks |
| 5 | 1 | 22 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 3100 |
Jochen Mass, D Toine Hezemans, NL |
3412 | V6 | T | 215 | 16 | 1.27,35 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 20 | Polifac Racing Team Porsche Carrera RSR |
John Fitzpatrick, GB Rolf Stommelen, D Tim Schenken, AUS (Georg Loos, D) |
2994 | B6 | GT | 214 | 19 | 1.29,58 | ||
| 7 | 2 | 21 | Polifac Racing Team Porsche Carrera RSR |
Rolf Stommelen, D Tim Schenken, AUS Wim Loos, NL (John Fitzpatrick, GB) |
2994 | B6 | GT | 212 | 21 | 1.31,25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 27 | Holiday Inn Racing Mazda M12A |
Angelo Giovannoni, ZA Nols Niemann, ZA |
T | 196 | 23 | 1.35,94 | ||||
| DNF | 23 | BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL |
Ronnie Peterson, S Jody Scheckter, ZA (Sam Posey, USA) |
3498 | L6 | T | 141 | 17 | 1.27,88 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 30 | Grosvenor Racing Ford Cortina |
Alain Lavoipierre, ZA Ronnie van Rooyen, ZA |
ZA +2.0 | 80 | 27 | 1.42,96 | Suspension | ||||
| DNF | 29 | Porto Motors Ford Capri Perana |
Ken Critchfield, ZA Barry Flowers, ZA |
V8 | ZA +2.0 | 63 | 24 | 1.36,47 | Misfire | |||
| DNF | 33 | Aqua Velva Racing Ford Capri |
Billy Maloney, ZA Barrie Palm, ZA |
ZA +2.0 | 25 | 1.41,68 | ||||||
| DNQ | 25 | De Tomaso Pantera |
J. Rebocho, ANG J. Pereira, ANG |
5763 | V8 | GT | ||||||
| DNQ | 26 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
R. van Noord, ZA Roelof Fekken, ZA |
1962 | L4 | ZA 2.0 | ||||||
| DNQ | 28 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Harry Fekken, ZA Lambert Fekken, ZA |
L4 | T | |||||||
| DNQ | 31 | Alfa Romeo Alfetta |
Arnold Chatz, ZA Geoff Mortimer, ZA |
L4 | ZA 2.0 | |||||||
| DNQ | 32 | Auto di Roma Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Len Booyen, ZA John Gibb, ZA |
1962 | L4 | ZA 2.0 | ||||||
| DNQ | 35 | Ford Capri |
Tim Mackintosh, ZA Gerald Vorster, ZA |
ZA +2.0 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 36 | Datsun 1200 GX |
Hennie van der Linde, ZA Sarel van der Merwe, ZA |
L4 | ZA 1.6 | |||||||
| DNQ | 37 | Ford Escort |
Brian Cook, ZA Paul Rowlings, ZA |
L4 | ZA 1.6 | |||||||
| DNQ | 38 | Ford Capri |
Mike O'Sullivan, ZA Johan Loots, ZA |
ZA +2.0 | ||||||||